M5.0 earthquake 90 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 90 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile on Wed, Nov 21, 2007, 4:55 AM GMT-3 (07:55 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 38 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-11-21 07:55:22 UTC
- Depth
- 46.6 km (29.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 22.821° S, 70.595° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.457 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6882 days ago · 68 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.568 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6881 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.942 km WSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6881 days ago · 37 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.349 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6880 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.179 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6878 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.050 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6877 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.890 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6877 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.912 km ENE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6877 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.787 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6876 days ago · 34 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.959 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6876 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.682 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6875 days ago · 56 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.036 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6873 days ago · 34 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.789 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6873 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.680 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6870 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.138 km WNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6867 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.059 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.975 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6863 days ago · 30 km deep · 30 km away
- 6.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.468 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.360 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 37 km deep · 40 km away
- 6.252 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.553 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6860 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.472 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6859 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.055 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6858 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.071 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.742 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.648 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 6.780 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 26
- 4.370 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 59 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.168 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6857 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.378 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6856 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Antofagasta, Chile · 6856 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.378 km S of Tocopilla, Chile · 6856 days ago · 59 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.087 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6855 days ago · 38 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6854 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.072 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6853 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.975 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6851 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.346 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6849 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.060 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6848 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.981 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6848 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.571 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6848 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.355 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6848 days ago · 27 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.767 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6846 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.965 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6846 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.619 km SE of Tocopilla, Chile · 6842 days ago · 49 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.061 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6840 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.867 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6836 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.114 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6829 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.979 km NE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6826 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 4.046 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6822 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 4.792 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6882 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.072 km NW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6882 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.888 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6882 days ago · 36 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.055 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.175 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
- 6.181 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 5.455 km N of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.295 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.788 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.093 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.992 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.494 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 36 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.964 km SSW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.9101 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.171 km NNE of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.494 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.5102 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.789 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6883 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.997 km SW of Tocopilla, Chile · 6883 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.385 km NNW of Antofagasta, Chile · 6884 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
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